Tramper for lint cotton



TRAMPER FOR LINT COTTON Filed June 19, 1922 2 Sheeis-Sheec l Chimney @et 3@ i923. Lf

M. C. KIRKPATRCK TRAMPER FOR MNT COTTJN Filed June 19. 1.922 2 SheetsSheet 2 Patented ct. 3Q, ldgli.

stares MNROE C. KIRKERCK, Si@ FILES VJLLEY, TEXAS, LSSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO J. H. WILLIAMSON ANS ONE-FOUELTH TEXAS.

Application filed .Tune 19, 1922.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

i Re it known that l, MoNnon C. lninra'rnies, a citizen of the United Stat j residing at F iles Valley, in the county of Hill and State Vof Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trampers for Lint Cotton, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in trampers for lint cotton and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a tramper head reciprocating means of the continuously opera-ting typJ and to elimiate reversing gears and the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel means of reciprocating; the tramper head and one which will include a few number of parts and which will be of simple construction.

Another object is to provide feeder device co-operating with thetramper head and means for automatically starting and stopping said device.

A. construction designed to carry out the invention will be hereinafter described together with other features of the invention.

rlhe invention will be more readily understood from a reading;V of the following specification and by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which an example of the invention is shown and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of a tromper constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. is a cross sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

ln the drawings the numeral 10 designates press box of the usual type, 11 the overhead cross beams 12 the end beams supporting the cross beams, and 13 the standards or uprights. Base plates 14 and 15 respectively, are mounted transversely on the beams 11 and to the inner edges are fastened, opposed channel or `guide members 16.

The members 16 extend above the base plates and receive an upright yoke 17 which is slidable in said members and has its lower` end attached to a tramper head 18 Working in the box 10. The yoke has a transverse guide hanger 19 at its central portion which is provided with an elongated slot 20. A keeper 21 is mounted on top of the head ,JJ VANE lSEdAN, BOTH OF HILL COUNTY,

TRAMPER FOB BENT CDTTON.

Serial No. 569,297.

and has an elongated slot 22 parallel withV the slot 29 and vertically alined therewith.

A connecting bar 26 extends from the hanger to the keeper and has laterally extendingg` studs 23 at each end engaging,` in the slot-s and 22 and confined by brackets 24 fastened to the side of said bar. A plurality of spaced pins 25 extend from the opposite side of 'the bar 26 and have their outer ends supported by a retaining bar 27. The bar 27 terminates short of the bar 26. These parts constitute a vertical geary rack for reciprocating the head. A member 28 is mounted on theV beams 11 within the yoke and supports a bearing box 29 in which a counter shaft 30 is journaled. rlhe other end of this shaft is journaled in boxes 31 mounted on cross bars 32. Between the boxes 31 a Worm gear 33 is fastened on the shaft. Bearing brackets 34 are mounted transversely of the bars 32 and support a drive shaft 35 on which a worm 36 is fastened. The worm meshes with the gear 33 and drives the same.

@n the inner end of the counter shaft is mounted a spur wheel 37 which engages the pins 25 and raises and lowers the rack. rlhe rack carried over the wheel asis shown in Fig. 3 which causes the rack to shift thereby rides over the 'spur wheel acts not oni;7 to keep the wheel in mesh with the pins, but to prevent the rack falling' when the latter passes under the wheel. This arrangement provides for a continuously reciprocating tremper head without reversing mechanism in the drive.

A hopper 39 is mounted on the upper rear edge of the box and an upright apron 40 mounted on the. apron head passes contiguous to the front of the hopper a nd closes the saine when the head is below said hopper. A fiuted feeder roll 41 is niounted in said hopper on a shaft 42 which extends thru one end of the hopper :ind has a fast pulley 43 and a loose pulley 44 mounted thereon.

A belt 45 extends from the pulleys up to a drivinga pulley 46 having' a face equal in width to the combined faces of the pulleys 43 and 44. The pulley 46 is mounted on a shaft 4*' supported in a standard 48. The shaft has a bevel gear 49 on its outer end meshing with a bevel gear 50 mounted on 

